DGr:Jeanna Calia Newspaper/Magazine:Time for Kids Citation:(2010, March 12). Time For Kids. Description: This newspaper/magazine consists of current events that are happening nationally and world wide as well. The newspaper/magazine is organized with a table of contents, a cover story, a mini lesson, a comprehension quiz, and even a teacher's guide and worksheets. This edition of Time For Kids covers the earthquake that occurred in Chile a few weeks ago. The newspaper also covers the top 5 earthquakes, and articles about a brewing bear battle, and a new dinosaur species. There are many pictures, articles, and interactive discussions throughout the newspaper/magazine as well. Reading Level: This specific edition was fitting for a 4-6 Grade classroom, however the newpapers vary depending on the grade level. This was not rated for a reading level Suggested Literacy Strategy: Students can read this newspaper/magazine and use the imaging technique especially when they are reading articles that do not have pictures to go along with the text.
Liz Kalajian Article: “Save the Tiger!” Citation: Cutler, N. (2010). “Save the Tiger!” TIME for Kids, 10(5). Description: This current event article depicts the issue with the tiger and those who are working to help protect it from becoming extinct in the wild. This article tells the students factual information about tigers such as where they are located, what the problem is, and what has been done to help save the tigers. Grade Level: 1-3 Suggested Literacy Strategy: The readers can use the literacy strategy of the main idea to identify what the important concepts are within the article that they should retain. Using the main idea strategy will be useful since this current event article presents the young readers with several facts. It is necessary that they are capable of sorting through and organizing those facts to break down the meaning and simplify the main idea in their own words.
Kayleigh Shaw Newspaper/Magazine:Nick News Citation: nicknews.com (2010). Retrieved March 17, 2010, from http://nicknews.com/ Reading Level: 3rd grade and up Description: While this is an online database, Nick News offers student friendly articles regarding what is going on in the world. Nick News prides itself in its direct way it addresses important issues to children. There are also news related videos on this site as well, which can help the younger children who struggle with reading fluently gain an understanding of what is going on in the world. In addition to this website, Nick News is a television show that has been around for about 19-20 years and can be watched by students younger than 3rd grade. In addition to addressing current news, the website/show also addresses issues students face and help them with them. Suggested Literacy Strategy: Students can create summaries for the episodes they watch or the articles they read. Students can also practice using Main Idea to tell what is the most important idea in each episode or article.
Casey Caruso Article/Magazine: Time For Kids- “It Takes a Village” APA Citation: (2009, November 20). It takes a village. Time for kids, 11(15), 2-3. Reading Level: Grade 3 and up Suggested Literacy Strategies: Summarizing would be a good suggested literacy strategy to use for the article. Students can summarize the information they learned about the little girl in the article, McKenzie Nanalook’s, life. Description: This current event article is about McKenzie Nanalook, a ten-year-old from Alaska. This article explains how McKenzie Nanalook’s life is probably way different then most people’s lives. The food her family eats comes from nature, she lives in an isolated village with other Eskimos, and her and her family makes their own clothes. Also, there are interesting facts about Alaska along with a map of Alaska on the right side of the article.
Jen Levine
Book:Ranger Rick Citation:(1991, January). Ranger Rick, 25. Description:Ranger Rick is a magazine made for children. This magazine is made by the National Wildlife Federation which is a conservation organization in America. Their goal is to inspire children to appreciate nature/wildlife and to care about and protect their environment; they created Ranger Rick to help to do so. This issue of the magazine includes beautiful pictures of wildlife, stories about different types of animals, fun environmental games and activities, and a passage about “what’s happing” around the world. Reading Level:Ages 6-12 Suggested Literacy Strategy:While reading this issue of Ranger Rick, students can use the drawing conclusions comprehension strategy. Students can put themselves in the author’s shoes while reading the articles in this magazine. They will think about why the author wrote what he/she wrote and the reasoning behind it.
Gianna Seidler Article Title: "She's an Astronaut" Citation: "She's an Astronaut." (2010). TIME for Kids, 15 (21). Reading Level: Grades 2-3 Description: In this current event article, a brief description of the life and career of a NASA astronaut, Megan McArthur, is provided. In particular, the article explains her dreams, education, first trip to space, and her role in fixing the Hubble space telescope, which sends the clearest pictures of space back to the universe. In order to make the article genuine and enticing, McArthur is quoted about her accomplishments and the emotions experienced due to such accomplishments. Suggested Literacy Strategy: Because it is currently Women's History Month, teachers could incorporate this article into a lesson plan focused on women's contributions, thereby including the literacy strategy of the main idea. Students can be instructed on how to determine the most important idea found in an expository text, which in this case is the fact that a major contribution to the advancement of technology was made by a woman. In doing so, students are provided with a better appreciation for women, which is one of the objectives of celebrating this Month, and also an opportunity to enhance their comprehension skills.
Tom Medvecky Article Title: Time for Kids: Putting Kids to the Test Reading Level: 5-6 Citation: (2/5/2010)TIME For Kids: Putting Kids to the Test. Vol 15,Issue 17 Description: Time for Kids is an interesting magazine that covers issues that are pertinent to the country, the world and to students. It presents popular issues in a more interesting and kid friendly text. It enables them to read these articlesand understand them so that students can be involved in the world. In this issue of TIME for Kids the article Putting Kids to the Test discusses the recent increase of stress levels of students due to the number of assessments they are given. Students are terrified of standarized tests and hate the idea of them. By reading this article, students will understand that they are not alone with their feelings. By seeing that other students around the country feel the same way they do, they be able to better cope with their stress and talk to a teacher or parent about it. Suggested Literacy Strategy: In an article like this, the details and sttistics are not as important as the message. In order for this reading to be meaningful, it is necessary that students take away the main idea or them. That is why, for this article (and magazine) searching for themes or main ideas is a good comprehension strategy. If students focus too much on the small facts or details, they will miss the main message and idea behind the article.
Erin Jackson Article: “A Wired World” Citation: Zimbler, S. (2010). “A Wired World”. Time for Kids, 15(21). Reading Level: Grades 4-6 Description: The magazine, Time for Kids, has several news articles that are interesting to students and are written in a kid-friendly way. This article, from a recent issue, is about how children are spending a lot of their time using electronic devices. According to a study the number of kids with cell phones and MP3 players has increased greatly. While the author acknowledges the benefits of technology for children, she also expresses the fact that experts are worried that “plugged-in kids could be missing out on other activities”. Overall, it is important to have a balance between electronic devices and other activities. Suggested Literacy Strategies: Students can use summarizing with this article because they can practice pulling out the important facts and disregarding additional, less important information. Another strategy that can be taught with this news article is drawing conclusions. There is an important message in this article and students should be able to read through it and think about the author’s position to draw the conclusion intended by the author.
Alli Clare Newspaper/Magazine:Scholastic News Online Citation:(2010). Retrieved March 23, 2010, from www.scholastic.com Reading Level: Grades 3-6 Description: This branch of scholastic allows students to read current event articles on a reading level appropriate for them and is easily accessible and free. The topics range from the recent health care bill that was passed, to the Harry Potter books and movies. Scholastic News also has student reporters and their articles can be read as well. This shows students that they too can be journalists, even at a young age. Suggested Literacy Strategy: Summarizing. Often times when teachers teach summarizing they have students read articles and report back with a summary. Sometimes articles have information that isn’t necessary and it is important for students to be able to pick out aspects of the article that they think are important to report on.
Megan Garlette
Article: “Meet the New Monkey” Citation: Davidson, L. (2009). “Meet the New Monkey” Scholastic News. Description: This current event article discusses international news by describing the scientific discovery in Brazil. A nine inch tall monkey that weighs only 7 pounds was discovered. The article talks about deforestation and the importance of maintaining this new species habitat. Grade Level: 1-3 Suggested Literacy Strategy: The comprehension strategy of identifying the main idea would be a good one to use in conjunction with this reading. Finding the main idea would be a challenging activity in this story, however picking out important facts and details would ensure that students understand the article.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: This article can be daunting due to the number of complex vocabulary words. Therefore, this article would be best paired with look back and fix-it strategies. This way the students could learn ways to gain more meaning from the article. This article also contains very descriptive words that deal with exciting phenomena, such as volcanoes erupting. Because of this, teaching imaging with this article would also be very beneficial.
Description: This article deals exclusively with the geology of Iceland. Iceland, as its name suggests, does not only include ice. It actually is a place of heat as well. Ancient volcanoes, hot springs, and lava fields are all over the countryside. This is because Iceland was built on top of an underwater split in the Earth's crust. The article is very interesting and talks about a place not many people usually think of or learn about- Iceland.
Cynthia Antunes
Title: “A Historic Health-Care Vote” from TIME for Kids by Vickie An Citation: An, Vickie. “A Historic Health-Care Vote.” TIME for Kids.com. http://www.timeforkids.com. 2010. 28 March 2010. Reading Level: 4-6 Description: This article is about the passage of the Health-Care bill in the House of Representatives. The article would be appropriate for students in grades 4-6 because of some of the vocabulary and the length of the article. Also the topic itself is quite complex. The article is about a major and current issue which is important for students to read about and be aware of. Also, the article briefly talks about what is a bill and how it becomes a law. This is a nice addition for students who do not have the background knowledge or who do not remember. The article also does a nice job at showing both Democratic support and Republican disapproval without going too in depth to the polarization between the two parties. Overall, the article is clear and concise so that students will be able to read an article about a very complex issue yet at their grade levels. Suggested Comprehension Strategy: The suggested strategy to use with this article would be finding the main idea. Since the article is a short piece, it would be a good way to introduce the strategy of finding the main idea. Also, the article is divided into three parts so that students will be able to find the main idea from each section of the article or the main idea of the whole article. It is a good idea to use articles when teaching the comprehension strategy of finding the main idea because sometimes it is difficult for students to find the main idea in a long text with a lot of details and facts so this would give them a chance to practice.
Margaret Molloy
Article: She’s an Astronaut
Source: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/ns/article/0,27972,1974078,00.html (2010). Retrieved March 25th, 2010.
Suggested Grade Level: 2-3
Summary: This article is about Megan McArthur and her quest to become an astronaut. She wanted to be an astronaut since she was young and worked hard to accomplish her goal. The article also talks about her first time in space and asked her what it was like.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: The teacher can give have students summarize the article in a few sentences and report back to the class or have them write it.
Lauren Masco Article: "Forgotten Fliers Finally Honored" by Laura Leigh Davidson from Scholastic News Citation:Forgotten fliers finally honored. (2010). Retrieved March 30, 2010 from http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753938. Reading Level: Grades 3-6 Description; Women who served in the airforce as pilots in World War II are finally honored for their work. They did dangerous, important tasks during the war but were not recognized for their work because they were considered civilians rather than members of the military. Congress finally decided that it was time to honor the women who dedicated their time to the war, and so about 200 female pilots were awarded with the highest civilian honor given by Congress, the Congressional Gold Medal. Congress used this as a platform for paving the way for women to serve in the military today. Suggested Literacy Strategy: This article, or any article in this newspaper, could be used to practice the summarizing strategy. Each article presents a lot of information to students, so they could use the summary strategy to pick out the most important points of the article.
Michelle Bonnetti
Article: "Get Set for Tests" from Time For Kids
Reading Level: Grades 2-3
Citation: Get Set for Tests. (2010).Time for Kids. Retrieved March 31, 2010, from http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/ns/article/0,27972,,00.html
Description: This article talks about why students have to take so many tests.It also talks about ways students can relax and prepare for tests.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: For this article I would use summarizing. Students can sum up the article in a couple sentences, and it would also be good for them to share their summaries since testing is coming up.
Debra Szubrowski Title: Kids Discover Citation: (2008, April) Kids Discover: Conservation Reading Level: Grades 4-7 Description: Kids Discover is a monthly magazine that features a different topic in either science or social studies each month. This issue focuses on conserving the environment. It includes articles about water usage, air pollution, and things students can do for sustainability. The articles are informative but easy to understand. They also include engaging illustrations and photos. Suggested Comprehension Strategy: Readers can use the summarizing strategy when reading this magazine because some of the articles contain a lot of information. Readers could summarize the articles in order to identify the most important information.
Christina Marino Article Title: A Win for Elephants Citation: A Win for elephants. (2010). Time for Kids, 15(22). Reading Level: 2-3 Description: This article discusses how over 175 representatives from different nations met in Dohar, Qatar. They agreed to ban the sale of ivory in order to protect the elephants. Ivory, also known as “White Gold”, comes from the elephants’ tusks and are extremely valuable. Today there are less than 500,000 elephants in Africa because they are being hunted illegally. As a result, Africa hopes to succeed in protecting their elephants with this new policy. Literacy Strategy: The Main Idea strategy would be great to use for this current events article. Students can read through the article and pick out the most important facts that are discussed. This strategy will significantly help students understand the reading.
Jasmine Martin
Title: Man on the Moon Citation: Man on the Moon (2009) Time for Kids. 14(26). Reading Level: 4-6 Description: This article introduce Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong (1st man on the moon). The article also discusses future plans for NASA and how they plan on sending people back to the moon in 2020. Suggested Reading Strategy: A good strategy for children to use for this article is summarizing. Students will have to determine the more important facts of the reading and make a good summary of the article.
Newspaper/Magazine: Time for Kids
Citation: (2010, March 12). Time For Kids.
Description: This newspaper/magazine consists of current events that are happening nationally and world wide as well. The newspaper/magazine is organized with a table of contents, a cover story, a mini lesson, a comprehension quiz, and even a teacher's guide and worksheets. This edition of Time For Kids covers the earthquake that occurred in Chile a few weeks ago. The newspaper also covers the top 5 earthquakes, and articles about a brewing bear battle, and a new dinosaur species. There are many pictures, articles, and interactive discussions throughout the newspaper/magazine as well.
Reading Level: This specific edition was fitting for a 4-6 Grade classroom, however the newpapers vary depending on the grade level. This was not rated for a reading level
Suggested Literacy Strategy: Students can read this newspaper/magazine and use the imaging technique especially when they are reading articles that do not have pictures to go along with the text.
Liz Kalajian
Article: “Save the Tiger!”
Citation: Cutler, N. (2010). “Save the Tiger!” TIME for Kids, 10(5).
Description: This current event article depicts the issue with the tiger and those who are working to help protect it from becoming extinct in the wild. This article tells the students factual information about tigers such as where they are located, what the problem is, and what has been done to help save the tigers.
Grade Level: 1-3
Suggested Literacy Strategy: The readers can use the literacy strategy of the main idea to identify what the important concepts are within the article that they should retain. Using the main idea strategy will be useful since this current event article presents the young readers with several facts. It is necessary that they are capable of sorting through and organizing those facts to break down the meaning and simplify the main idea in their own words.
Kayleigh Shaw
Newspaper/Magazine: Nick News
Citation: nicknews.com (2010). Retrieved March 17, 2010, from http://nicknews.com/
Reading Level: 3rd grade and up
Description: While this is an online database, Nick News offers student friendly articles regarding what is going on in the world. Nick News prides itself in its direct way it addresses important issues to children. There are also news related videos on this site as well, which can help the younger children who struggle with reading fluently gain an understanding of what is going on in the world. In addition to this website, Nick News is a television show that has been around for about 19-20 years and can be watched by students younger than 3rd grade. In addition to addressing current news, the website/show also addresses issues students face and help them with them.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: Students can create summaries for the episodes they watch or the articles they read. Students can also practice using Main Idea to tell what is the most important idea in each episode or article.
Casey Caruso
Article/Magazine: Time For Kids- “It Takes a Village”
APA Citation: (2009, November 20). It takes a village. Time for kids, 11(15), 2-3.
Reading Level: Grade 3 and up
Suggested Literacy Strategies: Summarizing would be a good suggested literacy strategy to use for the article. Students can summarize the information they learned about the little girl in the article, McKenzie Nanalook’s, life.
Description: This current event article is about McKenzie Nanalook, a ten-year-old from Alaska. This article explains how McKenzie Nanalook’s life is probably way different then most people’s lives. The food her family eats comes from nature, she lives in an isolated village with other Eskimos, and her and her family makes their own clothes. Also, there are interesting facts about Alaska along with a map of Alaska on the right side of the article.
Jen Levine
Book: Ranger Rick
Citation: (1991, January). Ranger Rick, 25.
Description: Ranger Rick is a magazine made for children. This magazine is made by the National Wildlife Federation which is a conservation organization in America. Their goal is to inspire children to appreciate nature/wildlife and to care about and protect their environment; they created Ranger Rick to help to do so. This issue of the magazine includes beautiful pictures of wildlife, stories about different types of animals, fun environmental games and activities, and a passage about “what’s happing” around the world.
Reading Level: Ages 6-12
Suggested Literacy Strategy: While reading this issue of Ranger Rick, students can use the drawing conclusions comprehension strategy. Students can put themselves in the author’s shoes while reading the articles in this magazine. They will think about why the author wrote what he/she wrote and the reasoning behind it.
Gianna Seidler
Article Title: "She's an Astronaut"
Citation: "She's an Astronaut." (2010). TIME for Kids, 15 (21).
Reading Level: Grades 2-3
Description: In this current event article, a brief description of the life and career of a NASA astronaut, Megan McArthur, is provided. In particular, the article explains her dreams, education, first trip to space, and her role in fixing the Hubble space telescope, which sends the clearest pictures of space back to the universe. In order to make the article genuine and enticing, McArthur is quoted about her accomplishments and the emotions experienced due to such accomplishments.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: Because it is currently Women's History Month, teachers could incorporate this article into a lesson plan focused on women's contributions, thereby including the literacy strategy of the main idea. Students can be instructed on how to determine the most important idea found in an expository text, which in this case is the fact that a major contribution to the advancement of technology was made by a woman. In doing so, students are provided with a better appreciation for women, which is one of the objectives of celebrating this Month, and also an opportunity to enhance their comprehension skills.
Tom Medvecky
Article Title: Time for Kids: Putting Kids to the Test
Reading Level: 5-6
Citation: (2/5/2010)TIME For Kids: Putting Kids to the Test. Vol 15,Issue 17
Description: Time for Kids is an interesting magazine that covers issues that are pertinent to the country, the world and to students. It presents popular issues in a more interesting and kid friendly text. It enables them to read these articlesand understand them so that students can be involved in the world. In this issue of TIME for Kids the article Putting Kids to the Test discusses the recent increase of stress levels of students due to the number of assessments they are given. Students are terrified of standarized tests and hate the idea of them. By reading this article, students will understand that they are not alone with their feelings. By seeing that other students around the country feel the same way they do, they be able to better cope with their stress and talk to a teacher or parent about it.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: In an article like this, the details and sttistics are not as important as the message. In order for this reading to be meaningful, it is necessary that students take away the main idea or them. That is why, for this article (and magazine) searching for themes or main ideas is a good comprehension strategy. If students focus too much on the small facts or details, they will miss the main message and idea behind the article.
Erin Jackson
Article: “A Wired World”
Citation: Zimbler, S. (2010). “A Wired World”. Time for Kids, 15(21).
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Description: The magazine, Time for Kids, has several news articles that are interesting to students and are written in a kid-friendly way. This article, from a recent issue, is about how children are spending a lot of their time using electronic devices. According to a study the number of kids with cell phones and MP3 players has increased greatly. While the author acknowledges the benefits of technology for children, she also expresses the fact that experts are worried that “plugged-in kids could be missing out on other activities”. Overall, it is important to have a balance between electronic devices and other activities.
Suggested Literacy Strategies: Students can use summarizing with this article because they can practice pulling out the important facts and disregarding additional, less important information. Another strategy that can be taught with this news article is drawing conclusions. There is an important message in this article and students should be able to read through it and think about the author’s position to draw the conclusion intended by the author.
Alli Clare
Newspaper/Magazine: Scholastic News Online
Citation: (2010). Retrieved March 23, 2010, from www.scholastic.com
Reading Level: Grades 3-6
Description: This branch of scholastic allows students to read current event articles on a reading level appropriate for them and is easily accessible and free. The topics range from the recent health care bill that was passed, to the Harry Potter books and movies. Scholastic News also has student reporters and their articles can be read as well. This shows students that they too can be journalists, even at a young age.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: Summarizing. Often times when teachers teach summarizing they have students read articles and report back with a summary. Sometimes articles have information that isn’t necessary and it is important for students to be able to pick out aspects of the article that they think are important to report on.
Megan Garlette
Article: “Meet the New Monkey”Citation: Davidson, L. (2009). “Meet the New Monkey” Scholastic News.
Description: This current event article discusses international news by describing the scientific discovery in Brazil. A nine inch tall monkey that weighs only 7 pounds was discovered. The article talks about deforestation and the importance of maintaining this new species habitat.
Grade Level: 1-3
Suggested Literacy Strategy: The comprehension strategy of identifying the main idea would be a good one to use in conjunction with this reading. Finding the main idea would be a challenging activity in this story, however picking out important facts and details would ensure that students understand the article.
Kaitlin Farrell
Article: "Iceland"
Citation: "Iceland." National Geographic Explorer! National Geographic Society, 2009. Web. 27 Mar. 2010. <http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/1003/articles/mainarticle.html>
Reading Level: Grades 4-8
Suggested Literacy Strategy: This article can be daunting due to the number of complex vocabulary words. Therefore, this article would be best paired with look back and fix-it strategies. This way the students could learn ways to gain more meaning from the article. This article also contains very descriptive words that deal with exciting phenomena, such as volcanoes erupting. Because of this, teaching imaging with this article would also be very beneficial.
Description: This article deals exclusively with the geology of Iceland. Iceland, as its name suggests, does not only include ice. It actually is a place of heat as well. Ancient volcanoes, hot springs, and lava fields are all over the countryside. This is because Iceland was built on top of an underwater split in the Earth's crust. The article is very interesting and talks about a place not many people usually think of or learn about- Iceland.
Cynthia Antunes
Title: “A Historic Health-Care Vote” from TIME for Kids by Vickie AnCitation: An, Vickie. “A Historic Health-Care Vote.” TIME for Kids.com. http://www.timeforkids.com. 2010. 28 March 2010.
Reading Level: 4-6
Description: This article is about the passage of the Health-Care bill in the House of Representatives. The article would be appropriate for students in grades 4-6 because of some of the vocabulary and the length of the article. Also the topic itself is quite complex. The article is about a major and current issue which is important for students to read about and be aware of. Also, the article briefly talks about what is a bill and how it becomes a law. This is a nice addition for students who do not have the background knowledge or who do not remember. The article also does a nice job at showing both Democratic support and Republican disapproval without going too in depth to the polarization between the two parties. Overall, the article is clear and concise so that students will be able to read an article about a very complex issue yet at their grade levels.
Suggested Comprehension Strategy: The suggested strategy to use with this article would be finding the main idea. Since the article is a short piece, it would be a good way to introduce the strategy of finding the main idea. Also, the article is divided into three parts so that students will be able to find the main idea from each section of the article or the main idea of the whole article. It is a good idea to use articles when teaching the comprehension strategy of finding the main idea because sometimes it is difficult for students to find the main idea in a long text with a lot of details and facts so this would give them a chance to practice.
Margaret Molloy
Article: She’s an Astronaut
Source: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/ns/article/0,27972,1974078,00.html (2010). Retrieved March 25th, 2010.
Suggested Grade Level: 2-3
Summary: This article is about Megan McArthur and her quest to become an astronaut. She wanted to be an astronaut since she was young and worked hard to accomplish her goal. The article also talks about her first time in space and asked her what it was like.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: The teacher can give have students summarize the article in a few sentences and report back to the class or have them write it.
Lauren Masco
Article: "Forgotten Fliers Finally Honored" by Laura Leigh Davidson from Scholastic News
Citation: Forgotten fliers finally honored. (2010). Retrieved March 30, 2010 from http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753938.
Reading Level: Grades 3-6
Description; Women who served in the airforce as pilots in World War II are finally honored for their work. They did dangerous, important tasks during the war but were not recognized for their work because they were considered civilians rather than members of the military. Congress finally decided that it was time to honor the women who dedicated their time to the war, and so about 200 female pilots were awarded with the highest civilian honor given by Congress, the Congressional Gold Medal. Congress used this as a platform for paving the way for women to serve in the military today.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: This article, or any article in this newspaper, could be used to practice the summarizing strategy. Each article presents a lot of information to students, so they could use the summary strategy to pick out the most important points of the article.
Michelle Bonnetti
Article: "Get Set for Tests" from Time For Kids
Reading Level: Grades 2-3
Citation: Get Set for Tests. (2010).Time for Kids. Retrieved March 31, 2010, from http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/ns/article/0,27972,,00.html
Description: This article talks about why students have to take so many tests.It also talks about ways students can relax and prepare for tests.
Suggested Literacy Strategy: For this article I would use summarizing. Students can sum up the article in a couple sentences, and it would also be good for them to share their summaries since testing is coming up.
Debra Szubrowski
Title: Kids Discover
Citation: (2008, April) Kids Discover: Conservation
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Description: Kids Discover is a monthly magazine that features a different topic in either science or social studies each month. This issue focuses on conserving the environment. It includes articles about water usage, air pollution, and things students can do for sustainability. The articles are informative but easy to understand. They also include engaging illustrations and photos.
Suggested Comprehension Strategy: Readers can use the summarizing strategy when reading this magazine because some of the articles contain a lot of information. Readers could summarize the articles in order to identify the most important information.
Christina Marino
Article Title: A Win for Elephants
Citation: A Win for elephants. (2010). Time for Kids, 15(22).
Reading Level: 2-3
Description: This article discusses how over 175 representatives from different nations met in Dohar, Qatar. They agreed to ban the sale of ivory in order to protect the elephants. Ivory, also known as “White Gold”, comes from the elephants’ tusks and are extremely valuable. Today there are less than 500,000 elephants in Africa because they are being hunted illegally. As a result, Africa hopes to succeed in protecting their elephants with this new policy.
Literacy Strategy: The Main Idea strategy would be great to use for this current events article. Students can read through the article and pick out the most important facts that are discussed. This strategy will significantly help students understand the reading.
Jasmine Martin
Title: Man on the Moon
Citation: Man on the Moon (2009) Time for Kids. 14(26).
Reading Level: 4-6
Description: This article introduce Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong (1st man on the moon). The article also discusses future plans for NASA and how they plan on sending people back to the moon in 2020.
Suggested Reading Strategy: A good strategy for children to use for this article is summarizing. Students will have to determine the more important facts of the reading and make a good summary of the article.